Justice Stephen Breyer — Rare Radio Interview On The Supreme Court & Democracy

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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How often do we hear from the judges on the nation's highest court? Today, a conversation with the soon-to-retire Justice Stephen Breyer.

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0:00.0	Today is special edition of the podcast with Justice Stephen Breyer about to retire.
0:05.3	We thought you might like to hear the conversation we had on my live show in 2011 about the Supreme Court and democracy.
0:12.8	It's amazing how relevant it all is to today, and he is great in this.
0:17.5	Enjoy listening to Justice Breyer.
0:23.6	I'm Brian Lehrer.
0:25.1	This is my daily politics podcast from WNYC Studios.
0:29.5	It's Tuesday, March 8th.
0:33.5	We are especially honored that Justice Breyer is with us today.
0:37.7	Justice Breyer, thank you so much for coming on WNYC. Good morning.
0:41.0	Good morning.
0:41.8	Thank you for inviting me.
0:43.2	And, you know, I can accurately say welcome back to the Brian Lear show because you are on this program in 1993 or 94, shortly before President Clinton nominated you to the court, I think, to discuss federal
0:56.0	sentencing guidelines.
0:57.5	You do remember that show, don't you?
0:59.6	I certainly do.
1:00.8	Of course.
1:01.7	And every 20 years or so we get together.
1:04.8	Good.
1:05.5	I love your book.
1:06.8	Thank you.
1:07.3	And the piece of history that I didn't realize until I read it is that when we were a new nation,
1:13.5	there was no guarantee that the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court would even be followed.
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